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Pteraichnus parvus

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae

Taxonomy
Pteraichnus parvus was named by Meijide Calvo (2001). Its type specimen is MNS 3002/92/2, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Valloria I tracksite, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial sandstone in the Huérteles Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Pteraichnus parvus Meijide Calvo
2004Pteraichnus parvus Fuentes Vidarte et al. p. 110
2009Pteraichnus parvus Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 493
2015Pteraichnus parvus Li et al. p. 269

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
familyPteraichnidae
genusPteraichnus
speciesparvusMeijide Calvo 2001

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pteraichnus parvus Meijide Calvo 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985

Age range: Berriasian or 143.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Spain (Castilla y León) Pterosauria indet. (type locality: 90049)